THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

Sorry - it would simply matters if I suggested you start reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
Where Cut-My-Own-Throat Dibbler (relating to his pricing policy patter), & Vetinari are people in the city of Ankh Morpork, and where Rat On A Stick is streetfood for the dwarf population. Give it a try? It's a glorious universe & superbly written, but you'll be laughing so hard the lit crit barely matters.

Witless, be nice - karmcat may know every character in Dickens, or how to keep a dicky motor running for the extra few miles, or have a system that works for food storage - that's why we have the Forum - to help each other when things get a bit "eh?!"

Plus she may have a sideline in Mime & thus have been sheltered from some information.

(The chicken names won't have made sense either.) May I suggest Sugarbean as a possible name?

DigForVictory wrote: »

Witless, be nice

In my defence, despite the time of posting, I hadn't had my [STRIKE]eleventythird[/STRIKE] first cup of coffee (as evidenced by my use of ** Gasp ** instead of :eek: ) and thought I was replying to the last post in a jocular manner.

I didn't believe there were still people who weren't aware of the [STRIKE]fantasy[/STRIKE] reality novels by Sir TP.

Ah well, illusions are made to be shattered: I suppose the next point on my learning curve will be to be told that not everyone just nips to the corner shop as and when required, follows the dictates of consumerism, replaces rather than repairs ....:huh:

Every day a school day.

I shouldn't chide anyone short on the essential fluids - I'm sorry! (That's a cut down definition of shock, which can be fatal, as well as an apology.)

Stunningly the Discworld is unknown to some, despite Pratchett accounting for over a quarter of W.H.Smiths SF&F sales. (All reasonably priced, unlike their in-hospital toothpaste ye gods.)

Edwina, for a chicken, Mrs LW? Mischevious! Come that day I'm allowed chickens (*never* a cockerel - sons love their sleep too much), I may just run down the family tree & pull out the older names - Alethea, Emmeline, Madelina, Clarisse, Ruby, Susannah & co but I think Magrat & co would be even more fun. Although I foresee the "OK, get out the corned beef" situation... (I love chicken, Husband, not so much. Picky mortal.)

"Thing" for a dog does't sound too bad - I've not forgotten hearing a tweeded lady gallumphing down a hill path yelling "Bishop! Come back here, Bishop!" after a liveiy terrier. I've a colleague who's husband named the new cat Janet as he thought it would be fun to startle the neighbours.